One person was sent to the hospital after a Wednesday night fire damaged half of a 28-unit senior apartment building on Highland Avenue.
Paul Koenig
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Whitefield family recovering after Tuesday’s destructive fire
Pam Fenderson, who lived in the Hilton Road home with her husband and two children, credits the farmhouse’s smoke detectors with saving her life.
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Public asked to weigh in on Gardiner’s FirstPark quandary
The city’s attorney says Gardiner did not properly join the Kennebec Regional Development Authority in 1999.
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Another central Maine snowstorm keeps public works crews busy, students home
Monday’s storm was expected to drop up to a foot of snow in the Augusta and Waterville areas.
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Despite falling heating oil prices, aid programs still in demand
The cost of heating oil is down more than $1 per gallon compared to last year, but for many desperate people, the lower price isn’t much of a respite, say administrators of fuel assistance programs in the state.
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UMA to make veterinary program four years
Rather than phasing out the veterinary technology associate degree, the University of Maine at Augusta will make it a bachelor’s program.
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UMA interim President Glenn Cummings finalist for USM job
The Portland resident said he wants to stay in a leadership role in the UMaine system.
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Travel problems, outages forecast as central Maine braces for storm
The potential for strong wind gusts and up to 18 inches of snow has emergency responders in the Augusta and Waterville areas urging area residents to take the storm seriously.
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Heavy, wet snow headed to central Maine
The snowfall is expected to be heaviest along the coast of southern Maine, and totals will taper off to under 4 inches by the time the storm reaches Skowhegan, according to the National Weather Service.
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Winthrop couple saves man while delivering meal
Nelson and Sherry Lavigne, volunteers for the Winthrop Hot Meal Kitchen, found the 99-year-old man lying on the back porch of his Route 41 house, bleeding from the head.